Foundations Make Grants To Aid World Food Supply
The Ford and Rockefeller Foundations pledge 4.84 million dollars for a global network of agricultural research and training centers. Prototypes operate in the Philippines and Mexico with planned facilities in Colombia and Nigeria to boost productivity in developing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford
Rockefeller Foundations
J. George Harrar
Rockefeller Foundation
David E. Bell
Ford Foundation
Philippines
Mexico
Colombia
Nigeria
Bell
Harrar
West
International Rice Research Institute
Lr.ri
I.R.R.I
East
Pakistan
Ceylon
Thailand
India
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Kenya
Central America
New
International Center For Tropical Agriculture
Yugoslav Bakers Like U S Wheat
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports Yugoslavia is increasing cash purchases of American wheat for its high protein quality. Yugoslavia’s climate and soil hinder high protein wheat production, so bakeries seek U S wheat for blending with domestic grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Foreign Agricultural Service
Yugoslavia
U. S
Warm Weather Steps Up Tree Planting
Madison Wisconsin forester Gordon R Cunningham urges immediate planting on arrival for nursery stock as warm weather shortens dormancy. Plant to reduce transplanting shock, use ground moisture, and water stock until moss packing is soaked. Keep bundles moist in cool shade until planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Gordon R. Cunningham
University of Wisconsin Forester
Farm Exports Drive U S Trade Balance, Freeman Says
Secretary Orville L Freeman reported agricultural exports added over 32 billion dollars to the U S balance of payments in seven years. Farm products, though 22 percent of exports, supplied more than half of the favorable trade balance and supported nearly a million jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Freeman
Govt Continues Meat Purchases to Aid Needy
Government maintains regular buys of canned chopped meats and lard for donation to the needy using congress authorized funds to remove surplus perishables. Purchases persist even as livestock prices rise seven percent from last year. NFO urges producers to hold cattle and hogs off markets to push higher prices.
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Washington
Congress
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Linn DHIA March Records Listed
Linn DHIA reports March results for 35 herds averaging 44 cows per herd with daily production 30.7 pounds milk and 1.2 pounds butterfat, returns over feed cost 78 cents daily per cow. Sixteen 305 day records over 500 pounds butterfat. top is a five year old Holstein at Wayside Farm near Marion with 17 780 pounds milk and 703 pounds butterfat. Other 600 plus butterfat records include Wayside Farm 647 Ibs Clyde Simonsen Marion 635 and 602 Ibs Arthur Miller Monticello 669 Ibs. Wendell Donnelly and Dave Peterson are association supervisors.
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Linn Dhia
Wayside Farm
Marion
Clyde Simonsen
Arthur Miller
Monticello
Wendell Donnelly
Dave Peterson
Skubal York Sale At Columbus Junction
The Skubal Yorkshire sale in Columbus Junction drew eight boars averaging 194 dollars and 23 gilts at 76 dollars each. Thirty two bred sows averaged 108 dollars and 11 commercial gifts 66 dollars. Top boar sold for 550 dollars to W. B. Gentzch of Fulton Missouri. second top 205 dollars to Larry Loften of Grinnell. Top sow brought 195 dollars to Bob Maring of Grinnell. the registered gift sold for 270 dollars to Rex Gilmore of College Corners Ohio.
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Columbus Junction
W. B. Gentzch
Fulton
Larry Loften
Grinnell
Sage Bob Maring
Rex Gilmore
College Corners
Ohio
Crossbreds Weighed More at Weaning at Fort Robinson
In Fort Robinson Nebraska experiments crossbred calves sired by the same bulls from similar dams weighed about four percent more at 200 days than straight bred calves. About three percent more crossbreds reached the wearing weight. Angus Hereford and Shorthorn stock were used in the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Robinson, Neb
Fort Robinson Beef Cattle Research Station
2000 Hogs to Charity or Slaughter Prompts Standby Plan
Iowa NFC members announce a plan to donate 2000 hogs to charity if enough processors sign minimum price contracts with NFO by April 10 at 10 AM. If not, NFO members threaten to shoot and bury the aut omaists. The notice cites farm price pressures and postpones a King holiday event to April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
NFO offers livestock donation or destruction if contracts fail
National Farmers Organization members in Wisconsin and Illinois pledged to donate 1000 cattle hogs and sheep to charity if meat packers sign contracts by Wednesday. If not, the animals will be shot and buried on a farm near Geneva Illinois. Prices sought are 23 cents per pound for hogs 32 cents for cattle and 29 cents for lambs.
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Ashland
Wis
UPI
National Farmers Organization
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Steven Pavich
NFO
Geneva
Iil
Seed Certification Rules Published by Iowa Association
AMES The Iowa Crop Improvement Assn has issued a booklet detailing seed certification requirements for 1968. Copies available from the association in Ames. The group is the official Iowa seed-certifying body, establishing standards and inspecting certified seed production.
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Ames
Iowa Crop Improvement Assn
Association At
Association
Iowa
Association l
Poverty and Unrest Tied to Urban Population Concentration
The piece argues poverty and unrest stem from unskilled workers trapped in cities. It notes a Senate resolution urging diffusion of population growth to rural areas, seeking to fund job creation and better education during a nationwide transition.
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Midwest
South
Appalachia
Market Has Absorbed Large Hog Supplies
The market has absorbed rising hog supplies at steady prices with weekly slaughter near 1% million head for six to seven weeks. Bulls point to Easter ham demand and rising disposable incomes as factors supporting prices, with spring gains possible but likely softer than last year.
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Market
Iowa Tops Hog Production in 1960s Pig Census
Iowa farmers saved 21.4 million hogs last year, more than the combined total of the next two states, according to a USDA report.
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Iowa
Washington
USDA
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Ibadan
S. Vietnam
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Max Sauerbry
Sauerbry
Clayton County Extension
Prto Rico
March Records
Skubal York Sale
Carnation Farms
Carnation Farms Breeding Service
Hiawatha
State of Iowa
NFC
Highway 39
Martin Luther King
National Farmers Organization, Corning
Wis., Ill
Rex Conn
Paul Johnson
Prairie Farmer
7Th Ave
Nagle Lumber Co
Oxford
Delta
Wilson
Sale
Cash
Mick
Musser
Parizek and Collins
Aucts
Olds
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